University Street Reconstruction
City of Peoria, Illinois
University Street Reconstruction
HEI was selected as part of a team by the City of Peoria to provide Phase I and II engineering services for this $5M EDA and EDP grant funded, 1 mile reconstruction project located on the north side of Peoria in a commercial/industrial area from Pioneer Parkway to Townline Road. The project consisted of the complete reconstruction of the five lane section with new PCC pavement and reconstruction and expansion of the two lane rural section to a three lane urban section. The project included PCC pavement, curb and gutter, storm sewer, sidewalk, PCC driveways, HMA shared use path, railroad crossing widening, and lighting. HEI was responsible for environmental coordination, IDOT coordination, utility coordination, railroad coordination, public involvement including public information meeting and one-on-one site meetings with each property owner, roadway design, storm sewer design, storm water run-off reduction, erosion control plans, and maintenance of traffic plans.
To meet the City’s storm water ordinance, the first 1” of rainfall on additional impervious surfaces needed to be infiltrated. To accomplish this infiltration, the HEI storm sewer design included underground detention units buried adjacent to the proposed storm sewer that allows the first 1” of rainfall to enter the detention chambers and infiltrate rather than travel through the storm sewer and be discharged to nearby outfalls. Detention overflow is carried in a traditional storm sewer system to the outfall location. This innovative solution was received well by the City and will be used
as a model on future projects.
Due to the volume of traffic (over 10,000 ADT) and the need to maintain access to businesses along the corridor, a detailed staging and maintenance of traffic plan was developed. The plan included 5 different stages and was developed after significant coordination with business owners to determine their access needs.